It's impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.

For every one look at your sins, take five looks at your Savior.

If you have a small view of your sin, God's grace will be small to you.

The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm?

If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing.

A rich, vibrant, consoling, hard-won prayer life is the one good that makes it possible to receive all other kinds of goods rightly and beneficially. [Paul] does not see prayer as merely a way to get things from God but as a way to get more of God himself.

A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's.